Build-to-rent is no longer nascent, it’s here. 

And it’s the cat’s whiskers, according to one of its four-legged residents Munroe, who calls the LIV Munro at Queen Victoria Markets in Melbourne home. The feline and his humans were among the first to move in when it completed at the end of last year. 

While the hordes of would-be renters queuing for inspections across most capital cities made headlines recently, it speaks to the wider problem—the long-forecasted apartment shortfall.